scholarly journals R2-Cosmology and New Windows for Superheavy Dark Matter

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 877
Author(s):  
Elena Arbuzova ◽  
Alexander Dolgov ◽  
Rajnish Singh

Evolution and heating of the universe in R2-modified gravity are considered. It is shown that the universe’s history can be separated into four different epochs: (1) inflation, (2) heating due to curvature oscillations (scalaron decay), (3) transition to matter dominated period, and (4) conventional cosmology governed by General Relativity. Cosmological density of dark matter (DM) particles for different decay channels of the scalaron is calculated. The bounds on the masses of DM particles are derived for the following dominant decay modes: to minimally coupled scalars, to massive fermions, and to gauge bosons.

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. Arbuzova ◽  
A. D. Dolgov ◽  
R. S. Singh

AbstractCosmological evolution and particle creation in $$R^2$$ R 2 -modified gravity are considered for the case of the dominant decay of the scalaron into a pair of gauge bosons due to conformal anomaly. It is shown that in the process of thermalization superheavy dark matter with the coupling strength typical for the GUT SUSY can be created. Such dark matter would have the proper cosmological density if the particle mass is close to $$10^{12}$$ 10 12 GeV.


Author(s):  
David M. Wittman

Orbits are ubiquitous in the universe: moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, stars orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and so on. Any theory of gravity will have to explain the properties of all these orbits. To pave the way for developing the metric theory of gravity (general relativity) this chapter examines the basics of orbits as observed and as explained by the Newtonian model of gravity. We can use our understanding of gravity to infer the masses and other properties of these cosmic systems. Te chapter concludes with four optional sections in this spirit, covering the slingshot maneuver; dark matter; binary star orbits and how they reveal the masses of stars; and extrasolar planets.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1743010 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Sivaram

For Newtonian dynamics to hold over galactic scales, large amounts of dark matter (DM) are required which would dominate cosmic structures. Accounting for the strong observational evidence that the universe is accelerating requires the presence of an unknown dark energy (DE) component constituting about 70% of the matter. Several ingenious ongoing experiments to detect the DM particles have so far led to negative results. Moreover, the comparable proportions of the DM and DE at the present epoch appear unnatural and not predicted by any theory. For these reasons, alternative ideas like MOND and modification of gravity or general relativity over cosmic scales have been proposed. It is shown in this paper that these alternate ideas may not be easily distinguishable from the usual DM or DE hypotheses. Specific examples are given to illustrate this point that the modified theories are special cases of a generalized DM paradigm.


Author(s):  
Syed Abbas ◽  
Nasim Akhtar ◽  
Danish Alam

At present there is a renewed interest in theories of ”modified” gravity. Here, under a more drastic modification enforced by Galilei group, we obtain a completely new gravitational structure, and which exists in addition to the already available general relativity of today. Correlated with this, we show that in addition, there is a new ”modified” quantum mechanics, in as much as it exists as an independent and new ”pure” non-relativistic quantum me- chanics, and which has no relativistic counterpart. This is in addition to the present quantum mechanics, where the relativistic and non-relativistic structures are counterparts of each other. The above holds, firstly due to the correlation between Galilei group and quantum mechanics. These math- ematical conclusions are consolidated by the fact that there exists a physical Majorana interaction between each neutron- proton pairs in nuclei. Galilei invariance of Majorana exchange in Majorana interaction, shows that the mass here is of pure gravitational nature, and which is immune to the other three forces. This makes an amazing connection between the gravitational force and the quantum mechanics. This pure gravitational mass would man- ifest itself as dark matter of the universe. It is our new modified gravity that generates the dark matter.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 2043028
Author(s):  
M. Ángeles Pérez-García ◽  
Joseph Silk

Neutron Stars (NSs) are compact stellar objects that are stable solutions in General Relativity. Their internal structure is usually described using an equation of state that involves the presence of ordinary matter and its interactions. However there is now a large consensus that an elusive sector of matter in the universe, described as dark matter, remains as yet undiscovered. In such a case, NSs should contain both, baryonic and dark matter. We argue that depending on the nature of the dark matter and in certain circumstances, the two matter components would form a mixture inside NSs that could trigger further changes, some of them observable. The very existence of NSs constrains the nature and interactions of dark matter in the universe.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1950157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Inagaki ◽  
Yamato Matsuo ◽  
Hiroki Sakamoto

The logarithmic [Formula: see text]-corrected [Formula: see text] gravity is investigated as a prototype model of modified gravity theories with quantum corrections. By using the auxiliary field method, the model is described by the general relativity with a scalaron field. The scalaron field can be identified as an inflaton at the primordial inflation era. It is also one of the dark matter candidates in the dark energy (DE) era. It is found that a wide range of the parameters is consistent with the current observations of CMB fluctuations, DE and dark matter.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian G. Böhmer ◽  
Nicola Tamanini ◽  
Matthew Wright

We consider a modification of General Relativity motivated by the treatment of anisotropies in Continuum Mechanics. The Newtonian limit of the theory is formulated and applied to galactic rotation curves. By assuming that the additional structure of spacetime behaves like a Newtonian gravitational potential for small deviations from isotropy, we are able to recover the Navarro–Frenk–White profile of dark matter halos by a suitable identification of constants. We consider the Burkert profile in the context of our model and also discuss rotation curves more generally.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (29) ◽  
pp. 1850181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleh Hamdan ◽  
James Unwin

We highlight the general scenario of dark matter freeze-out while the energy density of the universe is dominated by a decoupled non-relativistic species. Decoupling during matter domination changes the freeze-out dynamics, since the Hubble rate is parametrically different for matter and radiation domination. Furthermore, for successful Big Bang Nucleosynthesis the state dominating the early universe energy density must decay, this dilutes (or repopulates) the dark matter. As a result, the masses and couplings required to reproduce the observed dark matter relic density can differ significantly from radiation-dominated freeze-out.


2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Pasqua ◽  
Surajit Chattopadhyay

In this paper, we have studied and investigated the behavior of a modified holographic Ricci dark energy (DE) model interacting with pressureless dark matter (DM) under the theory of modified gravity, dubbed logarithmic f(T) gravity. We have chosen the interaction term between DE and DM in the form Q = 3γHρm and investigated the behavior of the torsion, T, the Hubble parameter, H, the equation of state parameter, ωDE, the energy density of DE, ρDE, and the energy density contribution due to torsion, ρT, as functions of the redshift, z. We have found that T increases with the redshift, z, H increases with the evolution of the universe, ωDE has a quintessence-like behavior, and both energy densities increase going from higher to lower redshifts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Xing ◽  
Yuekun Niu

AbstractWe study the masses and lifetimes of doubly charmed pentaquark $$P_{cc{\bar{q}}qq}(q=u,d,s)$$ P c c q ¯ q q ( q = u , d , s ) primarily. The operation of masses carried out by the doubly heavy triquark-diquark model, whose results suggests the existence of stable states $$cc{\bar{s}} ud$$ c c s ¯ u d with the parity $$J^P=\frac{1}{2}^-$$ J P = 1 2 - . The roughly calculation about lifetimes show the short magnitudes, $$(4.65^{+0.71}_{-0.55})\times 10^{-13}s $$ ( 4 . 65 - 0.55 + 0.71 ) × 10 - 13 s for the parity $$J^P=\frac{1}{2}^-$$ J P = 1 2 - and $$(0.93^{+0.14}_{-0.11})\times 10^{-12} s $$ ( 0 . 93 - 0.11 + 0.14 ) × 10 - 12 s for $$J^P=\frac{3}{2}^-$$ J P = 3 2 - . Since the pentaquark $$cc{\bar{s}} ud$$ c c s ¯ u d is interpreted as the stable bound states against strong decays, then we will focus on the production and possible decay channels of the pentaquark in the next step, the study would be fairly valuable supports for future experiments. For completeness, we systematically studied the production from $$\Omega _{ccc}$$ Ω ccc and the decay modes in the framework SU(3) flavor symmetry, including the processes of semi-leptonic and two body non-leptonic decays. Synthetically, we make a collection of the golden channels.


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